Thread by @brightabyss

This whole thread (and many of the comments) is amazing — well worth a read.

I share Jason’s vision of a rough road to localized, bioregional agrarian-based communities, although I think urban centres will have the tech & density advantage so will fare much better than suggested

https://twitter.com/cognazor/status/1549430234591666178

My own focus now is working with rural folks to transition away from fossil fuel dependence, and towards more local regenerative and resilient practices and social relations via #agroecology — the practical alignment of food production and land stewardship.

Strategic withdrawal.

This will entail a move away from dichotomous frameworks and overcharged ideological narratives that interfere with collaborative projects and open dialogue.

It will also entail community efforts to co-envision local futures grounded in trust, reciprocity, and inclusion.

At the core of this vision and work is a commitment to get beyond atomizing property regimes, and create a network of collective farms and hybrid agrarian-conservation land trusts anchored by bioregional field schools/community hubs that help locals become deeper adapters.

- strategic withdrawal
- strategic retreat
- planned contraction
- just collapse
- managed descent
- degrowth
- exit

These are all about ‘collapsing now and avoiding the rush’ (JM Greer).

All about cultivating enough adaptive intelligence to proactively transition & transform.

Although many might quibble with my inclusion of #degrowth on that list, because it’s not meant to refer to planned or designed collapse, but as a reorganization of existing modes towards less wasteful and more circular economics.